Home Garden category: 30467 books
A Mutually Beneficial Relationship
Attracting Beneficial Insects To Your Garden
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
If we garden, we have seen damage done by insects. Whether it is damage done to fruits and vegetables or to our prized ornamentals, it is frustrating to say the least. Often, seeing the damage provokes our indignation and we declare war on all the insects in the garden without considering the repercussions...
The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition
The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
The essential resource for modern homesteading, growing and preserving foods, and raising chickens, The Encyclopedia of Country Living includes how to cultivate a garden, buy land, bake bread, raise farm animals, make sausage, can peaches, milk a goat, grow herbs, churn butter, build a chicken coop,...
Homegrown Herbs In The Garden And Kitchen
All You Need To Know About Growing Herbs, Storing Herbs, Healing With Herbs And Cooking with Herbs Plus Homemade Herb Spices To Use For Flavorful Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
There are hundreds of different herbs that can be grown in your home. Many herbs can be used not only for cooking, but for medicinal purposes as well.
Fresh herbs can be one of the easiest plants to grow. What a joy you’ll experience to be able to walk outside your herb garden and pull...
The Handyman’s Multipurpose DIY Book
The Homeowner’s Guide to DIY Home Repair And DIY Home Improvement With Easy Do It Yourself Projects For Kitchens, Bathrooms, Garden, Flooring And Decorating And DIY Tips For Quick Home Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
DIY or Do-It-Yourself is a term used mostly alongside home improvement projects. It is any activity which involves the creation, remodeling, repairing and completion of odd jobs or big house repairs without the need for expert or professional help.
DIY projects can help you create the home...
by Marlon Green
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
A lot of pleople wonder what homesteading is and how it fits into our modern society. In a nutshell it is a return to being self sufficient, living off the land if you will. As more and more individuals are trying to find ways to save money they are looking at ways to grow what they can.A lot...
Writing the Garden
A Literary Conversation Across Two Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Gardening, more than most outdoor activities, has always attracted a cult of devotedly literate practitioners; people who like to dig, it would appear, also like to write. And many of them write exceedingly well. In this thoughtful, personal, and embracing consideration of garden writing, garden historian...
The Unexpected Houseplant
220 Extraordinary Choices for Every Spot in Your Home
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
“An imaginative guide to bringing the delights of the garden indoors.” —Publishers Weekly
The Unexpected Houseplant, by renowned plant authority Tovah Martin, offers a revolutionary approach to houseplants. Instead of the typical varieties, Martin suggests hundreds of creative choices—brilliant...
by Dueep Jyot Singh, John Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
A Beginner’s Guide to Planting a GardenGardening Tips, Techniques and Systems for planting the right herbs, Shrubs and Trees in Your Sustainable GardenTable of ContentsIntroductionFirst Season, When to Plant?Planning Your BorderHerbaceous BordersBedding PlantsChoosing Your PlantsColor CombinationsMistakes...
Big Dreams, Small Garden
A Guide to Creating Something Extraordinary in Your Ordinary Space
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
A practical guide to planting and tending the garden of your dreams, even when your space is limited—includes full-color photos!
Gardener, blogger, and newspaper columnist Marianne Willburn knows that the desire for a lush green oasis is far more common than the necessary space or conditions...
by James Wong
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
James Wong is back, putting his ethnobotanical expertise to use once again, with over 100 new, natural, cheap and easy remedies, showing you and those around you how to have a fantastically healthy year. Whether you're fed up with your hormones, worried about your baby's nappy rash, your partner is...
by David Oconner
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Tomatoes are wonderful additions to any home garden. They can be incorporated in a variety of dishes, and offer multiple health benefits. A garden with bright red tomato plants is a joy to behold. Armed with the right knowledge, you can have the tomato garden of your dreams. Of course, care and affection,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Fabulous Food from Every Small Garden shows how to grow food at home in even the smallest of spaces. It explores the reasons for growing your own food, including the many potential benefits such as improved taste, freshness and nutrition. Many types of food are covered, including vegetables, fruits,...
The Medicine Wheel Garden
Creating Sacred Space for Healing, Celebration, and Tranquillity
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
The American Indian medicine wheel was an ancient way of creating sacred space and calling forth the healing energies of nature. Now, drawing on a lifetime of study with native healers, herbalist and ethnobotanist E. Barrie Kavasch offers a step-by-step guide to bringing this beautiful tradition into...
Plants That Can Kill
101 Toxic Species to Make You Think Twice
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
A National Outdoor Book Award–winning author looks at the dangerously poisonous plants that may be in your garden—“a must-read for every gardener!” (Diane Blazek, executive director, All-America Selections and National Garden Bureau)
In this follow up to her fascinating book, Plants You...